SUMMARY

On May 23, 2021, the Consul General of France in Louisiana Mr. Vincent Sciama, American Legion members and representatives of the National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs marked HOMECOMING ‘21, a national centennial commemoration marking the return home of America’s World War I dead. They gathered in Chalmette National Cemetery at the grave of Private Joseph Landhart of the 801^st Pioneer Infantry, a segregated unit that served in France. Private Landhart’s body was brought back to the U.S. and laid to rest in his hometown, one hundred years ago.